RFR: Save/load nmethod without going through CodeBuffer [v2]

[Vladimir Kozlov]

On Mon, 17 Mar 2025 11:53:32 GMT, Ashutosh Mehra <asmehra at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> This is the prototype for storing and loading nmethods without going through the CodeBuffer.
>> The new implementation is protected by the flag -XX:+UseNewCode2.
>> 
>> Some numbers using this implementation:
>> spring-boot-getting-started [0] shows startup improvement of ~ 7.5%% and quarkus-getting-started [1] shows improvement of around ~3.5%.
>> 
>> Numbers for Springboot
>> 
>> Old build = /home/asmehra/data/ashu-mehra/leyden/build/nmethod-single-copy-load-release/images/jdk with options -XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions -XX:-UseNewCode2
>> New build = /home/asmehra/data/ashu-mehra/leyden/build/nmethod-single-copy-load-release/images/jdk with options -XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions -XX:+UseNewCode2
>> Run,Old CDS + AOT,New CDS + AOT
>> 1,544,512
>> 2,554,525
>> 3,550,508
>> 4,571,515
>> 5,550,506
>> 6,552,515
>> 7,568,510
>> 8,554,517
>> 9,551,506
>> 10,556,508
>> Geomean,554.94,512.17
>> Stdev,7.90,5.65
>> 
>> Numbers for Quarkus:
>> 
>> Old build = /home/asmehra/data/ashu-mehra/leyden/build/nmethod-single-copy-load-release/images/jdk with options -XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions -XX:-UseNewCode2
>> New build = /home/asmehra/data/ashu-mehra/leyden/build/nmethod-single-copy-load-release/images/jdk with options -XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions -XX:+UseNewCode2
>> Run,Old CDS + AOT,New CDS + AOT
>> 1,359,346
>> 2,360,353
>> 3,373,357
>> 4,376,356
>> 5,366,353
>> 6,360,356
>> 7,361,361
>> 8,347,349
>> 9,355,336
>> 10,374,342
>> Geomean,363.00,350.82
>> Stdev,8.70,7.27
>> 
>> 
>> -Xlog:init logs the load time from AOT code cache at JVM exit.
>> For spring-boot-getting-started without `UseNewCode2`:
>> 
>> [3.459s][info][init]     SC Load Time:           0.202 s
>> [3.459s][info][init]       nmethod register:       0.135 s
>> [3.459s][info][init]       find cached code:       0.007 s
>> 
>> 
>> For spring-boot-getting-started with `UseNewCode2`:
>> 
>> [3.192s][info][init] 
>> [3.192s][info][init]     SC Load Time:           0.138 s
>> [3.192s][info][init]       nmethod register:       0.111 s
>> [3.192s][info][init]       find cached code:       0.006 s
>> 
>> 
>> For quarkus-getting-started without `UseNewCode2`
>> 
>> [0.392s][info][init]     SC Load Time:           0.060 s
>> [0.392s][info][init]       nmethod register:       0.039 s
>> [0.392s][info][init]       find cached code:       0.002 s
>> 
>> 
>> For quarkus-getting-started with `UseNewCode2`
>> 
>> [0.386s][info][init]     SC Load Time:           0.033 s
>> [0.386s][info][init]       nmethod register:       0.027 s
>> [0.386s][info][init]       find cached code:      ...
>
> Ashutosh Mehra has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   Minor cleanup
>   
>   Signed-off-by: Ashutosh Mehra <asmehra at redhat.com>

Nice.

@ashu-mehra do you know why "New CDS + AOT" results for SpringBoot is worse than before: geo mean 532.28 vs 512.17?

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/leyden/pull/27#issuecomment-2730423334